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US 11,432,857 B2Granted
Stabilization systems
AssigneeGlobus Medical, Inc.
InventorsDonald Anding, Andrew Davison, James Gault, Alex Bada
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Abstract
Devices, systems, and methods of bone stabilization. The bone stabilization system includes a variety of plates, including a tine plate. The tine plate may include an elongate body and first and second ears extending from the elongate body, each of the first and second ears defining a screw hole therethrough, and a first tine extending from the first ear and a second tine extending from the second ear, the first and second tines each terminating at a sharp point.
Claims18
A bone stabilization plate comprising:
- an elongate body extending from a first end to a second end along a central longitudinal axis, the elongate body defining a plurality of screw holes therethrough and a k-wire hole disposed between each of the screw holes of the elongate body, wherein the diameter of each of the k-wire holes is smaller than the diameter of each of the screw holes;
- first and second ears extending laterally from the second end of the elongate body relative to the central longitudinal axis such that each ear is laterally spaced from the central longitudinal axis, each of the first and second ears defining a screw hole therethrough;
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- a first tine extending from the first ear and a second tine extending from the second ear, the first and second tines each terminating at a sharp point,
- a groove laterally separating the first and second ears from each other, the groove longitudinally extending on the central longitudinal axis a distance from the second end toward the first end such that the groove extends to a position which is closer to the first end than the screw holes of the ears.
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A bone stabilization plate comprising:
- an elongate body extending from a first end to a second end along a central longitudinal axis, the elongate body defining a plurality of screw holes therethrough and a k-wire hole disposed between each of the screw holes of the elongate body, wherein the diameter of each of the k-wire holes is smaller than the diameter of each of the screw holes;
- first and second ears extending laterally away from the central longitudinal axis and from the second end of the elongate body, the first and second ears separated by a groove extending longitudinally on the central longitudinal axis;
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- a first tine extending from the first ear and a second tine extending from the second ear,
- wherein the groove has a first width proximate the elongate body and a second width proximate the first and second tines, the second width is greater than the first width,
- wherein each of the first and second ears defining a screw hole therethrough,
- wherein the groove longitudinally extends along the central longitudinal axis a distance from the second end toward the first end such that the groove extends to a position which is closer to the first end than the screw holes of the ears, and
- wherein the first tine and the second tine each narrow to terminate at a sharp point.
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A bone stabilization plate comprising:
- an elongate body extending from a first end to a second end along a central longitudinal axis, the elongate body defining a plurality of screw holes therethrough and a k-wire hole disposed between each of the screw holes of the elongate body, wherein the diameter of each of the k-wire holes is smaller than the diameter of each of the screw holes, the elongate body having scalloped edges with narrowed portions between the plurality of screw holes, wherein the narrowed portions of the scalloped edges coincide with locations of the k-wire holes;
- first and second ears extending from the second end of the elongate body, the first and second ears being separated by a groove extending longitudinally on the central longitudinal axis, each of the first and second ears extending laterally away from the central longitudinal axis and each of the first and second ears defining a screw hole therethrough;
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- a first tine extending from the first ear and a second tine extending from the second ear, the first and second tines each terminating at a sharp point, wherein the groove has a first width proximate the elongate body and a second width, greater than the first width, proximate the first and second tines,
- wherein the groove longitudinally extends along the central longitudinal axis a distance from the second end toward the first end such that the groove extends to a position which is closer to the first end than the screw holes of the ears.
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